2010's Best and Worst of Congress and Much More

Oct 14, 2010

Ah, democracy. In spite of historic health-care reform, the Democrats are running for the hills because nary a job is being created in the land. And the Republicans, well, they haven't had a new idea this century. Unless you count tea bags and fear, which we don't. And yet we have a Congress filled with extraordinary people. Extraordinarily stupid, yes, but courageous, too. (Though we were the ones to balance the budget.) We'll be sharing from our historical collection of wisdom on some of their behalves right here every day during the throes of the campaign on The Politics Blog. We'll also be breaking down the key races, like Mark Warren's all-access pass to the Nevada Senate race and whatever the hell Carl Paladino is doing in New York. Tom Junod will be watching the South, and the GOP writ large. And then there are the influencers, like Newt Gingrich (who John H. Richardson swears is running for 2012) and Sarah Palin (who Tim Heffernan swears is not). Speaking of which, unlike our list from the last election season, we struggled to find the ten best members of Congress this year. The other side — well, that's the easy part....

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